Bloody Wolf Targets Uzbekistan, Russia Using NetSupport RAT in Spear-Phishing Campaign

The threat actor known as Bloody Wolf has been linked to a campaign targeting Uzbekistan and Russia to infect systems with a remote access trojan known as NetSupport RAT. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity under the moniker Stan Ghouls. The threat actor is known to be active...

PRC State-Sponsored Actors Use BRICKSTORM Malware Across Public Sector and Information Technology Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of ongoing intrusions by People’s Republic of China PRC state-sponsored cyber actors using BRICKSTORM malware for long-term persistence on victim systems. BRICKSTORM is a sophisticated backdoor for VMware vSphere1,2 and Windows...

Top CVEs Actively Exploited By People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors

Summary This joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA provides the top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs used since 2020 by People’s Republic of China PRC state-sponsored cyber actors as assessed by the National Security Agency NSA, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and Feder...

WARNING: Hackers Install Secret Backdoor on Thousands of Microsoft SQL Servers

Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a sustained malicious campaign dating back to May 2018 that targets Windows machines running MS-SQL servers to deploy backdoors and other kinds of malware, including multi-functional remote access tools RATs and cryptominers. Named "Vollgar " after the...